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70 Chess Puzzles by Mikhail Tal PDF
70 Chess Puzzles by Mikhail Tal PDF
problems
taken from the games
of Mikhail Tal.
The dot on the right side
indicates which side moves
first.
1) White Mates in 6
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4) 7)
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2) White Mates in 8.
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5) Black Mates in 5. --------------------------------
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9) 12) Black Mates in 6. 15)
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18) White Mates in 2. 21) 24)
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45) 51) White Mates in 5.
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Solutions
1) White Mates in 6.
[ Rf7+ ]
2) White Mates in 8.
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65) Tal vs Israel Zilber,
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[ Ne6+ w/Qg7+ ]
3) Black Mates in 3. 9) Tal vs Bent Larsen, [ Qxd7+ ]
Reykjavik, 1957
Igor Glek vs Tal, Riga,
1955 [ b4 w/Ra3 ]
16) Max Blau vs Tal,
[ ...Qf5+ Kh4 Nf6+ ] Zurich, 1959
[ ...d3 if Ke1 Rc2 or if 12) Black Mates in 6. Tal vs Pal Benko, Bled,
Rxd3 Rc1+ ] 1959
Hector Rossetto vs Tal,
Portoroz, 1958 [ Rh8+ ]
[ Rf4 w/Rxh4 ]
20) Tal vs Robert
7) Mark Taimanov vs Fischer, Yugoslavia,
Tal, Moscow, 1957 1959
14) White Mates in 6.
[ ...Rxd1+ Rxd1 Qg4 [ Nd4 w/Ne6+ ]
Ne1 Qxd1 ] Tal vs P Skuja, Latvia
CH, 1958
[ e5 ]
40) Karoly Honfi vs Tal,
27) Larry Evans vs Tal, Sukhumi, 1972
Amsterdam, 1964 34) Tal vs Robert
Wade, Palma de [ ...Rxc3+ if Kxc3
[ ...h5+ Kxh5 Qf3+ Bb4+ Kxb4 Qa5+ Kc4
Kg5 Qxf6+ ] Mallorca, 1966
Qa6+ ]
[ Ne6 ]
45) Tal vs Kick Tal vs Anton Deze, Novi 57) White Mates in 5.
Langeweg, Wijk aan Sad, 1974
Zee, 1973 Tal vs Yrko Rantanen,
[ Qe7 ] Tallinn, 1979
[ Qg4 w/Bxg6 ]
[ Bxg7+ w/Bh8 ]
[ ...Nc4 ]
10,000 chess
puzzles
65) Miguel Quinteros
vs Tal, Argentina, 1987 www.wtharvey.c
[ ...Bc5 if Nc2 Ra8 ] om